Central Garden & Pet Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:CENT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Role	Shares	Max Price
15 Feb 24	SellUS$17,440	John Ranelli	Individual		400	US$43.60

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CENT?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	35,188	0.0514%
Individual Insiders	5,226,059	7.64%
Institutions	63,137,772	92.3%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2.3%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 82.88% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
15.8%	BlackRock, Inc.	10,333,492	US$374.4m	-2.53%	no data
10.7%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	7,021,449	US$254.4m	-0.35%	no data
6.86%	William Brown	4,497,627	US$163.0m	-1.32%	no data
6.67%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	4,373,077	US$158.5m	-1.31%	0.02%
4.56%	Allspring Global Investments, LLC	2,993,977	US$108.5m	1.56%	0.15%
4.49%	Victory Capital Management Inc.	2,945,182	US$106.7m	1.25%	0.09%
4.19%	Pacer Advisors, Inc.	2,747,414	US$99.6m	-13.3%	0.25%
3.88%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	2,546,854	US$92.3m	2.17%	no data
3.42%	Champlain Investment Partners, LLC	2,240,522	US$81.2m	-13.6%	0.43%
2.21%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,448,550	US$52.5m	-0.54%	no data
2.1%	American Century Investment Management Inc	1,380,514	US$50.0m	25%	0.02%
2%	GW&K Investment Management, LLC	1,311,691	US$47.5m	-4.3%	0.36%
1.84%	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	1,208,891	US$43.8m	-1.22%	0.27%
1.61%	State of Wisconsin Investment Board	1,059,127	US$38.4m	4.38%	0.09%
1.47%	Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC	962,244	US$34.9m	486%	0.51%
1.44%	Westwood Management Corp.	947,471	US$34.3m	11.5%	0.24%
1.35%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	885,328	US$32.1m	6.36%	no data
1.2%	William Blair Investment Management, LLC	788,034	US$28.6m	4.44%	0.03%
1.19%	Eaton Vance Management	779,824	US$28.3m	-1.48%	no data
1.16%	Renaissance Technologies LLC	757,662	US$27.5m	-6.12%	0.04%
1.1%	Northern Trust Global Investments	721,560	US$26.1m	3.48%	no data
1.05%	Manulife Asset Management	691,092	US$25.0m	9.4%	0.02%
0.96%	Mirabella Financial Services LLP	630,051	US$22.8m	4.52%	3.64%
0.89%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	585,106	US$21.2m	44.1%	no data
0.78%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	510,574	US$18.5m	5.52%	0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/19 06:40
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/28
Annual Earnings	2024/09/28

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Central Garden & Pet Company is covered by 16 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Staszak	Argus Research Company
Shannon Coyne	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Christopher Carey	BofA Global Research